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CTOnews.com, August 28, Jiangsu Deep Blue Aerospace Co., Ltd. recently announced that on August 23, 2023, the "Thunder-R1" liquid oxygen kerosene engine supporting the Deep Blue Space "Nebula-1" carrier rocket was successfully tested for three times with first-stage flight + vertical recovery complete flight sequence (full flight sequence).

According to reports, this test run is the first time that a liquid oxygen kerosene rocket engine has successfully completed three full flight sequence start tests in China, simulating the whole working process of the liquid engine under the real flight profile of the first child of the "Nebula-1" recovery and reuse carrier rocket, indicating that "Thunder-R1" has completed an important milestone in the ground verification phase.

This test covers the full flight profile of the "Nebula-1" carrier rocket with a sub-stage into orbit plus vertical recovery. the omni-directional performance index and mission adaptability of the engine are tested by means of ground test to simulate the flight state. it has laid a more solid power foundation for "Nebula-1" carrier rocket to enter orbit + recovery.

▲ "Nebula-1" carrier rocket into orbit + one-stage recovery full trajectory profile table, Tuyuan Deep Blue Aerospace official Bo Deep Blue Aerospace said that the success of the "Thunder-R1" engine full flight sequence ignition three times test run is a new milestone following Deep Blue Aerospace's entry into high-frequency and normal test runs. It also marks a new height for Deep Blue Aerospace in the design, production and testing of the whole process capability of reusing liquid engines.

According to the CTOnews.com query on the Deep Blue Aerospace official website, the Deep Blue Space "Nebula-1" carrier rocket has a diameter of 3.35m, a fairing length of 4m, and a carrying capacity of 1000 kg @ 500km, supporting rocket one-stage recovery and reuse technology and multi-engine parallel technology.

▲ Tu Yuan Deep Blue Aerospace official website the "Thunder-R1" liquid oxygen kerosene engine carried by this rocket is claimed to be "the first domestic needle bolt technology kerosene engine", with a vacuum thrust of 75-265kR.

▲ Image Source Deep Blue Aerospace official website

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